Re: [ARSCLIST] CD-R question

[Dnjchi@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 1/6/2008 3:14:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
hsf318@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

George,

----- not at all, as long as you live high up!!   Wrap cord (wire, kevlar) 
around the spring can, the number of turns  corresponding to the number of 
turns (surprisingly few) that it would do  for a complete record. Put a 
weight 
at the end of the cord corresponding  at least to the pull the spring would 
have given when fully wound. The  weight will sink, and that is why you need 
to live high up <extreme  grin>. You then have a drive that is more even than 
the spring drive.  If the cogwheel joined to the spring can is horizontal, 
you 
need a pulley  to take your cord over. The only serious problem is that the 
bearings are  not really made to take the sideways force, so lubricate well 
and use it  infrequently.  

Kind regards,

George

Many thanks,  and I certainly will use it VERY infreqeuently.  But it is a 
good  idea.  OK, I'll stick to my CDs for the time  being.

Howard


Time for someone to go one better: invent a wind-up CD player.
 
Don Chichester
 
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